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£. AFITTE,
OR THE BARATARIAN CHIEF.
A. TALE,
• VVho is this (Fiat preaches safety 1”
exclaimed a voice half chocked with rage,
aad in tones that made me shudder; “may
damnation seize me If he shall not atone
with his blood for the mordcrof my broth
ei!” S ) saying, be ti ed a pistol which
Would have shattered my brains, had not
Lafitte, by an instantaneous and dexter
ous movement of hrs sabre, thrown the
pistol into the air when the assassin was
in the act of firing, by which-means I was
preserved - ; ab hough I was so near that my
face was severely burn: by the discharge.
‘Were it not for Laborde,* said Lafitte,
•that I apprehend the injury on your
head has made you raving, this act of re
bellion to my authority would be your
last—but be careful how you tempt my
forbearance t< o far.*
“Cowardly miscreant J* cried La
borde; “you think to rob me of my victim;
but should hell, with all its legions; ap
pear arrayed against me, I would be re
venged— I will be revenged—this vessel
is my prize, this sabre shall keep posses
sion, and this sabre shall revenge my
brother.”
“Touch but the hair of this tnan’» head
to injure him,” answered Lafitte in--a
voice which-showed'Ke was accustomed
to command, “and your life shall answer
for the crime-”
“I care not for your threats— l bid de
fiance to your power; this fellow dies', nor
shall heaven or hell prevent,” cried La
borde, as he flew at m ■ with his sabre, but
found his progress arrested by the Her
culean strength of Lafitte.
“Here,” said the latter, calling some
of his crew; take this fellow and secure
him in his vessel till he becomes more ra
tional, and his rage has time t« cool, or
by the powers ab >ve, he dies!—my au
thority shall n‘<t be trifled with.”
He was seized, and by main strength
dragged towards his ship Struggling 4 ' and
rearing I'ke a mad bull,when by a sudden
exertion he freed his arms, plunged a
dagge- to the heart of sh se who was en
deavoring to secure him, and before Laf
fttte, who was giving some orders ab ut
clearing the vessels was aware of his ap
proach, he received a blow upon the head
which dropped him stunnod and senseless
to the deck. Laffi te’s sabre flew from
bis hand and fell at my feet, and before
L-iborde could reach me 1 was ready to
receive him as he rushed upon his devo
ted prey with the fury of a tiger.
“Now, accursed wretch,thou shalt die!
-Liffitie himself cannot save thee!” cried
Labo rde,his eyes flashing fire, his sea ures
distorted *ith rage, and yelling like a
maniac
His ungovernable rage threw him off
his gtia d an las be made a desperate
•plunge a’ my breast 1 parried the blow;
his heart received the point of my wea
pon, and he fell lifeless upon the blood
covered deck. What would have been
<ny fate fr the rest of these wretches
had n<>t Dbffi e at that moment'recover
ed his feet and stilled ‘ the commotion
whicn was rising, is unknown.
•Brave followers,’ said he,‘in L iborde
you behold the fate of him who dates to
disobey my orders; shun his examples!
Let these vessels be taken to Barataria
and in them we shall find treasure equal
to our utmost expectations, and which
sbdll be equally shared by all.”
A'shnut of approbation, and ‘lung live
Lafitte!’ rent 'he air. The decks were
now cleared of ihe dead, who, ”s Well as
the badly wounded, were committed to
the waves, and when the setting sun threw
his last rays on the topmasts of the Cleo
patra, we were in full sail for the island
of Barataria, which I found was the ren
dezvous of the pirates who frequented the
Gulf, and of whom Ltfii'e was the ac
knowledged chief.
The island of Baiataiia, at which we
arrived on the day after the capture of
the Cleopatra, is one of those low sunk
en islands, or rathur clusters of sand bats
which are so numerous in the Gulf of
Mexico; hardly ele ated above the-reach
of the equinoctial tornadoes, and owing
to drought and heat, scarcely habited for
a considerable part of the year. Here, as
ter c >Dsidei able difficulty from the in’ri*
cacies of the navigation or the unskilful
ness of the pilot, we found ourselves at
anchor, and Laffitte, accompanied by my
self, immediately wcHit on shore. A few
groves of orange trees—scattering peach
trees —luxuriant vines,were to be seen,
which contrasted strongly with the few
miserable formed the establish
ment of these outlaws of civilization; this
congregated mass of refuse from every
nation under the beivens Plunder,assassin
ation and murder were here legalized;
power formed the only law,'* and every
specie of iniquity was here carried to an
extent of which no person who had ■ n<>t
witnessed a similar den of pollution could
form the most distant idea. In this place,
which as one of the pirates themselves
.deserved, “was a hell upon earth and
well stocked with devils of all ranks and
degrees,” were to be seen a lew women
who vied wi(li the men in trampling on
all decency and decorum, and whose lan
guage and manners wete a compound <>f
all (he vileness, profanity and obscenity
which could be collected from the wtetch
es with whom they associated H my
first impressions were unfavorable, subse
quent observation did nothing towards
.emoving them. The crews of the pira
tical vessels, were lauded and when a di
vision had been made of the plunder,
commenced a scene of inioxicaiion,gam
bling, q’lanelling and murder, which
still chills my blood to remember, and
which the sabre of Laffi'te was’sometimes
required to subdue. He alone seemed
to posse s any command over his passions
and his voice was never heard among
them in vain; while he shared thu danger
equally with the meanest sailor, whatever
plunder was acquired was divided among
them with the most scrupulous exactness,
and his influence over them was great,
and their confidence in him unbounded.
Nearly three weeks passed away, and
although 1 never suffered any contume
ly or insults from the pirates, and Lafiite
always treated me in the most respectful
manner, frequently requesting me to give
myself no uneasiness, as for whatever loss
io properly I- might have sustained on
board the Cleopatra 1 should receive an
ample compensation, still 1 felt my situa
tion irksome in the extreme. My anxie
ty was observed by Lafitte.
“1 see,” said he, “you are anxions to
leave us; I do not wish to detain you, for
such company cannot be agreeable. Be
patient a few days longer and I will etta
bleyou to depart in safety; would to heav
en that I too could accompany you!”
“And why can y u not?” I answered,-
“why should you hesitate! Sncb a life
as this—oue unvarying round of
fatigue and crime, surely can possess no.
charms to a man whose every actiotj.
proves that he was born tea nobler, a.
better fate!”
‘How,’eaid he, “Can the notorious.L't<
fine, the chief of pirates, the commander,
of outlaws, the companion of mmderers,
the man whose very name carries terror
from Carthagena to Havanna, mix with
the society of civilized men? Would the
laws be silent? Would not the sword of
justice leap fiom its scabbard at the very
mention of my name? And these men,
these pestilential hum mrs in the body po
liticj-is there not quite as much hope that
justice will be done to them when collect
or in one mass, as when scattered abroad
to pollute the fountains of society and
spread their poisonous influence through
the streams of social compact atld ordet?
As to this mode of living, it is the danger
alone that to me furnishes its only charm;
i< is not for the sake of wealth; if is not
for the bad eminence nf being a sovereign
among pirates; but it is because, when
once unfortunate circumstances have
made a man an outlaw, it is difficult to
obtain admrssfon into iho pale of society;
it is because 1 would wiPiugly set my life
oolite hazzard of a shot to free myself
from the misfortunes which have followed
close upon my ueels ever since I'had ah
existence, that find me a pirate—a
native of Barataria.”
“Isl understand you, then,” I replied,
“you would not hesitate to leave this
place and these wretches to their fate, if
the past could be’ buried in oblivion: if
yuor'offences against the laws could be
cancelled, and your safety ensured.”
‘Were there nune coucei ned but myself,’-
he answered, ‘you would* be perfectly*
correct, but these men I foust uot forsake
their safety must depend on my- own:
As to-the rest, Pc.»n even bear your mt
plied assertion of my guilt without being
offended; it is perhaps scarcely possible
for you to feel otherwise; but ir is invin
cible necessity alone that compels me to
endure my present sitbapidn; most gladly
would I quit it, but the hope is vain, and
I must be content to use my infltrettce in
restraining the atrocities of these men irr
the most effectual manner possible.”
“Perhaps not,” 1 replied, “I kn w
the chances are indeed small, but I think
rt-lnrro-is one in which exists a possibility
of effecting your wishes, and 1 should be
happy could I be the instrument of ac*
complishing them.”
“Name but the means by which it can
be effected,” answeied he with earnest
ness, “and 1 shall feel myself forever in
debted t<» you.”
“I shall deal frankly with you,” I re
plied: “1 know tiot on which side your
feelings are enlisted in the contest which
is at present raging between the United
States and Gieat Britain: but I shall put
the question plainly. Would you your
self embark in die cause of America, &
use your exertions to induce-your men
to do so, if an act of pardon and oblivtot#
could be obtained under the Presidential
seal?”
“M -st willingly,” he answered; “let
but the name of pirate bu buried,' and I
pledge myself that these men will be
found among the b avert defenders of the
republic.’’
, “Then my best exertions shall bo us
ed'in your behalf; vour services will soon
be wanted where Grey will prodnee' the'
most effect. Great B'fitaiuis fi ling out
a powerful flefevand army, in the West
Indies, which is probably destiubdagainst
Ncw-O i leans, and from your thorough
acquaintance with the whole coast of the
Gulf, and the necessity of collecting a
formidable force at that point, the govern
ment of the United States would Ho doubt
.listen favourbly to whatever overtures
might be made in your behalf. There is
.me favor however which I shall insist
v upon from you, and which y<»u will not re
fuse—a relation of the circumstances
which induced yon to become w.,at y<>u
now appear to have been •from youth, a
pirate by- profession.”
fßy profession’” said he, smiling—
“l am a pirate, but the time was when
f was not. If it would be gratifying* io
you to have a knowledge of some of the
events of iny past life, I shall cheerfully
comply with your request although the
recital will call my bosom scenes which
have wrung my heart to its ceutre.”
“The county of Worchester, in the
state of New-Yotk, was my birth-place,
my name is Mobtimer Wtlsun. In what
manner I acquired my parents name you
will lean from my story; it is sufficient
that to the pirates 1 am known only as
Lafii te. If to be boin of honest, indus
tiious and respectable parents, be an ad
vantage, that advantage I enjoyed: if t<» be
born of parents destitute of wealth, and
compelled by misfortune to use every ex
ertion to support a helpless and depen
dant family be a disadvantage, that disad
vantage I have suffered. One of my
earliest impressions, &, one that I distinc
ly remember was a determination to be
rich; for my parents fell the evils of pov
erty, and riches I imagined furnished the
means of gratifying our wishes, of whate
ver kind they might be. I had an uncle
lived in the city of New-York, a mer
chant of respectability, w ho, when on a
visit to my father’s, noticed my playful
ness, repartee, and independence, and ob
tained my parent’s consent that I should
live with him in the city, with the inten
tion of introducing me into the mercantile
business, should my progress answer the
expectations he had formed respecting
me. I was then ten years of age; and
my situation with my uncle was as agree
able as I could wish—H s family was
small, an only son and daughter, affec
tionate and lovely—they treated me as a
brother, while being a few years younger
than myself, I obtained a complete ascen
cy over them; and I can safely say I
knew no gieater delight than witnessing
and partaking in tbeir hap ittess. I gave
my uncle, by my proficiency in my stu
dies, by undeviating attention to business,
and by the love felt for himself and fami
ly, the highest salisfac ion; nor do I re
member hn giving me a single unpleas
ant word during the whole time I resided
under his benevolen* and hospitable roof,
“I had now reached my nineteenth
yeai; and tny une'e made me proposals
of establishing me in business on my own
acccount it 1 chose, generously offering to
furnish rue with whatever capital 1 might
requite; but observing at the same time
that if ii was agreeable to me, he should
prefer having me continue at-the head of
the establishment with which I was so
well acquainted, as it was his intention to
retire from business, in favour of his soti
and nothing would please him more than
to see us together advancing the intetert
he had laboured its acquire and promote.
I assured the good man that nothing could
be more gratifying to me than such an
arrangement, and that bis pleasuie should
always be a law to me; while I flittered
myself that I had secured the great ob
ject of my wishes, wealth and happiness
“At this juncture my uncle received in
telligence respecting a mercantile house
in Charleston, with whom he was engag
ed in extensive transactions, that made it
necessary for me to repair immediately
to (hat place—and no time was lost in
making preparations for my departure.—
1 sailed for Charleston, reached that city
in safety—accomplished the business of
my mission, traosmi ted an account of my
success to my uncle through the post office;
and, while waiting with impatience the
sailing <>f the vessel which was to convey
me to the place wheie my funduest wish
es were concentrated, 1 was seized by the
fever of ihe country, which raged with
such violence that J wasentirely deprived
of my reason; and for weeks the friends
with whom I i esided, despaired of my re
covery. A strong constitution, however,
enabled me to sth vtve ihe attack, and as
ter some lime, gleams of t eturning recol
lection and reason' bbgan to float across
my bewildered imagination and memory.
The first that 1 can distinctly recollect,
was, a strong impression of a beautiful
fornvwhivh appeared to bb hovering a
rooud me, ami administering to'my warns
My imagination had convened her into'an
angelic being—and I fancied that I had
already puss'ed the tremendous ordeal
which awai's the departed spirits, had
been admitted into the mansion of the
blessed, and that tho forth which I had be
held, was nrt* giitfrdiau angel, sent to con
soltif'me for the troubles of the world, I
imagme'd I had left. Pei haps the sweet
music of the piano, which from an adjoin
ing rdom'tilsUnctly reached me, as fairy
fingers pressed the keys, contributed to
the delusion; for that ( conceived to be
the mesic of heaven’s minstrelsy. Re
turning reason, however, soon, dispelled
all thftse illusory dreams, and instead of
a disembddidd‘spirit: 1 found myself a
tenant of earth,and subject to the muta
tions of time.
( To be continued )
MR. ILL. PINCKNEY
O of State interposition,—now his
grand 'conversative principle,—thus spoke in
1825, prophetic of liis own subsequent course-
“ Liberty,” sard he, “ may be consid
ered in danger, not only from the violence
of popular tumults, but fiom angry colli
sions between the General Government
and the Stales. AMBfTt. us demagogues,
clothed with authority, may artfully exche
the passions, and wield the energies of a
commonwealth, reckless of the injury
which may result to the fairest fabric in
creation. N> citizen of our country in.
deed, has yet fallen by the hand of his
brother in disgraceful civil war. No ac
tual secession of a State has yet polluted
our annals, or destroyed our hopes. The
recollection, however is not yet effaced
from our minds of seines which threatened
to convulse out empire, and during wh>>se
angry and agitating sway every patriot
trembled with anxious apprehension of
the issue.”
Again:
“The danger of dismemberment is still
further obviated by that very extension of
our empire, which has been supposed to
carry in its bosom the seed of ruin. 1/
the inci ease of our territory engenders
sectional jealousies, it also renders them
•entirely harmless. Ina small confedera-
cy consisting of a single S late,it might be
productive of serious inj ny to the w hole
But in a confederacy as extended as ours,
the attempts of individuals, or even the
discontent and irritation of one or more
States, would pass unheeded as the idie
wind. Heated to desperation by the ca
vils of demagogues, or governed by un
resoiiable views of iheir own dignity and
interest, they might possibly be seduced
for a moment fr >m tbeir loyalty to the U
nion, but, die pernicious example would
extend no farther. AH the other mem
bers of the Union having no sympathy <>r
participation in their misguided views,
would either frown (hem into propiiety,
or ridicule them into shame. 11, in the
course of our history, we have occasional
ly been mortifyed by observing a momen
tary disposition in some of our States, to
array themselvs against (he govei nineiit,
we have also been consoled by the univer
sal opposition to their conduct, which has
always been manifested by all the othei
States, and by the certainty and facility
with which they have been induced to re
trace their steps, and lelinqutsh their
pretentious.— Indeed the field of opera
tions is entirely too large to admit the
smallest hope of successful combiuatiou—
the errors or malversations of one or of
a few, will Le surely resisted, and correct
ed by the impartial judgement and patri
otism of toe others. There may be oc
casional deviations and eccentricities, bm
as in the plane'ary system they will nut
derange the order and harmony of the
whole; and thus in that very inul'iplicity
of the States, and consequent diversity of
local interests and feelings which have
been so fearfully apprehended to be
fraught with evils,we discern abundant &,
convincing proof that no State or States
will ever be permitted to obtain an asccn
dancy, »r pursue a. conduc* involving in
hazard the general security of the nation."
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1833.
LUMPKIN
AND
RATXFXCATXOK.
Four bales of new Cotton arrived in Savannah
on the 27th, and are held at 18 cents
The Hon. George McDuffie is at present in
this city.
Good Luck. Our townsman, J. S. Campfield
Esq we are glad to learn, b;>s lately drawn half
of a $30,000 prize in one of the New-York Lot
teries.
Public attention is called to the Advertisement
of the Mechanics Bank. On Wednesday night
the Bank was robbed of $5,428 in notes of that
Bank. The thief, or thieves, cut thro’ a window
so as to remove the bolt, and obtained the mon
ey bv opening the Teller’s vault; but they failed
in picking the lock of the Cashier’s vault. We
believe.no traces have as yet been found of ei
ther rogues or money. In getting out of the
window again, they dropped about SIO,OOO on
the finer.
1 he verdict of the Jury in the case of tbe State
against J >hn Millon for Murder, has excited tbe
astonishment of every body in this part of the
State. Here wt have only been able to judge
from unauthentic evidence. W ill it not be due
to public justice, that this case should be official
ly reported ? Hie evidence as taken down by
tbe Judge, or some othei person, and in the lat
ter case authenticated by him, should be pub
lished. If the history, from which public opin
ion has been made up here, be correct, the Ver
diet of the Jury is a disgrace to the State. Let
our institutions, therefore, be vindicated by a
correct and authentic report of the trial.
The Delegation from Alabama to the Congress
of the United States is ascertained to be Ikn.
C. C. Clay, from the Ist District; H >n. John
McKinley from the 2<l; Hon. S. W. Mardis from
the 3 1 ; Hon. Dixon H. Lewis from the
-Hon John Murphy from the stii.
This list, says the Mobile R gister, presents an
aggregate of talents, experience & information,
that is highly creditable to the State, and places
it on a footing of respectability that will secure
its just weight in the national councils. With
but one exception they are staunch Union men
zealously devoted to the principles of the Feder,
■al Constitution, and of course, to the rig hi s of the
States, as defined in that instillment.
We understand (says the Cherokee Intelligen
cer of the 24th.) that the enrolling agents are
actively employed, and that they make, daily,
enrolments It is presumed that between two
and tlnee thousand of the natives, will be ready
to move to Arkansas, by the commencement of
the fall; it is supposed that twice that number
will go in the spring, should not a Treaty be ef
fected, bCwhich there is scarcely a doubt, dur
ing next winter.
First of the neto Crop of Colton received in
Charleston.— Three bales of new Cotton were
received yestetday afternoon, says the Charles
ton Courier of the 28ih.—one was fiom the
plantation of JOHN HOFFMAN, Esq of Or
angwburg, which was purchased by David
Claytor, at 18 cents per lb.—one of the others
was from the plantation of Dr. John S. Bel
nnoer, of Barnwell Distiict, but we did not
learn where the third was raised. The quality
is very good.
The David Brown had not reached New York
on the 22d Rumor here states, that she put into
Norfolk, with some of her machinery out of or
der. We have teceived no Norfolk paper no
ticing her arrival there. We fear the recent dis
asters to the David Brown will bring that species
of enterpiise on the ocean into discredit. Such
are Mr. Crawford’s fears about Nullification,
that item in the true Republican creed of
State Rights.' He is afraid S. Carolina’s blun
ders may jeopard its character and future “suc
cess."
Since the above was in type, the Charleston
Courier brings us the following relative to this
vessel;
‘•The steam boat David Brown. Captain Cof
fey, from Charleston, b. und to New-Yoik, put in
to this port, last nighte ith the loss of her ruddder,
in a heavy gale of wind from N. to N. E. off ('ape
Hatteras, on Wddhesday last. The D. B. hasa-
bout 60 passengers en board and will proceed
for her place of destination as soon as her rud
der is replaced—perhaps about Tuesday.
Capt. Coffer informs us that he experienced
a succession of violent gales of wind, from N. to
N E. during the whole passage, and requests
us to say that the D. B. has proved herself an ex
cellent sea boat, and that no vessel could have
behaved better.” — Norfolk Beacon
It is fashionable in Georgia to abuse the Force
Bill, as they call it, as if every bill or law did not
test on the power of the community to enforce
its provisions. Let us see what used to be the
fashion, in those good old times when folks pos
sessed common sense and political honesty
Hear Mr. Randolph and Gov. Troup at the peri
od when tbe law was passed for Mr. Jefferson,
of which the clauses, most objected to by modem
politicians, are literal transcripts in the|Enfor
cing Bill Thus said Mi Randolph :
“ While I deprecate the existence of
ihe Embargo, I trust there exists,and that
there wib always exist, a disposition to
enforce the laws of the General Govern
ment. I will be one among the first, sir,
to resist a contrary doctrine. If the laws
cannot be Enforced, to what purpose are
we a Confederated people ? and whv have
we organized a national government ? 1
will not believe that the citizens of any
portion of this country, will rise in resist-,
ance to the laws of the land, until the fact
lias actually occurred, and in this point of
view I regret the introduction of the re
port and resolutions, as they lead to sug--
gestions of a different nature. When the
case does oocur, I would apply the prop
er remedy. I would have recourse, Sir,
to the knife and the cautery.”
Governor Troup’s remarks in our next.
We find the following in the Georgian of the
27th. The Editor says it is from a “ gentleman
of high standing." W. have no doubt, the Edi
tor means something more Ilian mere length of
legs; though vague endorsements of this kind
have been so numerous in tbe newspapers, and
so often found to be counterfeits, that they have
lost much of their cuirency with the public. If
the writer had given his own name and the
names of his blank Nullifiers, we could have
judged better of the authority, which should be
given to his testimony. Anonymous fi tend* can
say what they please, and that being the case,
the writer will not find fault with us, when we
give our readers permission to believe as much
of it as they think is true But what will they
infer from this semi official developement 1 Why,-
plainly, that Mr. Crawford, having satisfied the
Nullies that they might depend on him as their
man, they are now endeavoring to return the ab
ligation by settling to him the Union men of the
Troup party, who would not vote for him, if
satisfied he was a Nullifier. Who are the wit
nesses cited in this letter from Athens? All
Nullifiers, and so carefully stated to be Nullifi rs,
as at once to create su-picion of the design Are
the Nullifiers wont to be so very disinterested in
casting from their tanks such a man as Mr.
Crawford 7 On the contrary, are they n.'t prone
to claim ever) man. good, bad and indifferent,
that they dare to do 7 But where is Mr. Craw
foid, that be allows himself to be thus bandied
about from good to bad, and from bad to worse?
Does he still intend to play Dummy 7 Will Mum
be still the word with him 7 We had hoped that
before this he would have allowed somebody, if
not us, to have told the public plainly what he is,
and what he means; for our commentaries on
his aphorisms ate not much more intelligible
than the text. It was never our policy to iden
tify Mr. Crawford with the Nullifiers. We wish
ed the contrary, and gave him the fairest oppor
luniiy that could have been deaired to crush the
slander in its bud. But wtaat could we infer
from his conduct, and that «f his new friends,
different from what we have communicated to
tbe public 7 He has not a friend, whom his con
duct has pained more than ourself; for we have
been deceived, where we had every confidence.
From the Savannah Georgian
Extract of a letter from a Gentlemen at A
theus to a friend in this city, dated
Athens, 17th August, 1833.
Dear Sir Reports being tn circulation
respecting Major’Crawlord, calculated to
injuie his election, I take the liberty
ol addressing you this communication
with the view of disabusing your mind,
at leas , <if any such unfavorable bias.—
One of these reports I find in the Geor.
giati. The same may be substantially
found in one of the Augusta papers—and
of course, in the Federal Union, it is to
the effect that the Major observed to some
Nullifier or Nullifiers hero last week,
■hat he approved of the proceedings of
South Carolina that if he objected
at all to them it was in this that they
either did not soon enough nullify,
or that they repealed the Ordinance
at all. N>*w, Sir I undeitake to say
in Major Crawfoid’s behalf, that he
not only never said so, or any thing to
such an effect, but he never thought so
file whole train of his opinions here was
io ihe opposite purport. —He denounced
the proceedings of South Carolina in ar
gument with Judge at Majoi ’s
house in this place, in the pieseiice of
several individuals,—the Judge being as
you may have heard, a thorough going
Nuilifier of the Carolina school. His
creed upon the subject you mey find iu
the extracts from his letter to Mr. Cal
houn of Columbus, just published in
the Milledgeville papers. He adopts Me
Jeffersonian view of Nullification — which
is certainly not the South Carolina notion
—this being immeasurably ultra—the
right of a State to interpose and nullify a
law palpably unconstitutional, a right by
the way, which is self evident, since no
unconstitutional law is law, but ipso facto
null and void, and the nullification by a
State, is simply declaratory of the fad. I
perceive no danger in sucha doctrine—
I sav so with as unbending an hostility
to the Carolina doctrine— if as inflexible
an abhorrenceof their late proceedings,as
any man in the State can feel. I have
never had a single feeling in unist-n with
those disorganizers over the rivet: and
would undoubtedly out give my vote to
Major Crawford, did I suspect him of
being tainted with that heiesy of our
neighbors. Desirous of satisfying myself
up<>u the subject of his approval or dis
approval and wishing to banish every
doubt, I h»T$ whhtp the lapt two days,-'
applied to Judge and—■■■— (Nul
lifiers) for information whether the
tations from the letter to Mr. Calhoun
were garbled extracts. They both told
me No— and that the rest of the let
ter referred entirely to private matters.
The Major, be assuted Sir, made no
confessions of faith here to the Nullifiers.
Judge -■ ■ • and also tell me to that
effect. All the developement of opinion
which they got from him was in the read
ing of the above extracts from his letter
to Calhoun.' He had no farmal of infor
formal commnni ration with the Nullifiers
as such—nor do I believe that he evert
saw Pemberton, of tho Augusta Chroni
cle whist here. With the dinner to Me
Duffie, the Maj >r had no more to du than
either you or I h .d.
Such being the facts, as I believe them
to be, I hope you will pardon me for ob
serving to you that I perceive no rea
son for our distrusting Major Crawfo.d.
I pray you, Sir, to pardon mv intrus
ion of my opinions upon you. Prompted
by justice I cannot see gross misrepre
sentation of conduct and sentiment with
out endeavoring to counteract it. 1 be
lieve Major Crawford to be a high-mind
ed, honorable man, utterly incapable of
trimming between parties; and 1 firmly
believe that the State will be perfectly
safe in u is hands from contamination
by the disorganizers of South Carolina.—
The Augusta Chronicle gives a flourish
of trumpets, and pronounces the Major
one of its school. Weil, let it say so—J f
the Editor and the whole posse of Nullifi •
ers say so too, 1 have no objection. (
know it not to be the fact.
Metropolitan,” a Mi writer in
the Georgian, and whom we think, we recognise
as one ot those who sweat at such a terrible rata
at Athens during the Commencement in arrang
ing the interests of Nullification, while he is de
nying that Mr Crawford is a Nullifier, admits
the charge as distinctly ns words enn express if.
Io noticing the report, that lie said at Athens
*• South Carolina was rigtit—she had a right to
nullify and all he blamed her for, was, she de
sisted so soon," he says, “So far from it, that
whilst he maintained the propriety and utility
of Nullification, in cases to which such a reme
dy was adapted he has been seriously apprehen
sive, that the indiscretion of Carolina in at
tempting to employ it injudiciously .would great
ly impair the debit cf those State Right doct
rines, of which, in the true Republican creed, he
considers Nullification an idem ” (Can any
admission be more distinct 7) ‘ln other words’.
says the writer, '• altho’ he might have approved
Carolina’s d >ctrine in the abstract, yet he has
repeatedly censuie.l her for persisting as he be
lieved. precipitately, rashly<and without proper
respect to the expediency of her measures?”—-
Mr - Crawford, then, approves the principle, but
thinks Carolina might have adopted better mea
sures in carrying it into piactice. It remains to
be seen, ii Mr. Crawford will thank “ Metropoli
tan" so: this friendly effort to prove him both a
Nullifier and No-Nullifier at the same time. If
this writer really intended a kindness 'obis durrib
liieud, he has most signally failed in shewing,
that that kindness consisted in proving him no
Nullifier. This letter is akiu—twin brother to
the one from the Gentleman of “ high standing"
from Athens. Tbe object is precisely the same.
If Mr. < rawford’, friends can do no better—if
these efforts are their best, they had better resort
to Head Quarters, and get Mr. Craw ford to give
us at once a new edition of his “ Shorter Cate,
chism." Tbe matter is too plain—sophistry can
not hide it—dishonesty tj>ey cannot deny it.
We noticce and,er the head of “King’s Levee,’’
that the Houorble Jos M While, our able dele
gate to Congre s fmm Florida, was presented to
tbe King of England on the 10th ult
Mr. Charles Young, a notice of whose mar
riage with Mrs Duff, has been going the rou> ds
of the newspapers, dished up with a spice ol the
atrical romance, has published a card, in which
he pronounces the whole statement a “gross
lalsehood.” He states moreover that he is now in
stituting actions against the several editors who
promulgated the original account.
FOR THE GEORGIA COURIER.
THE BOSTON SYSTEM.
J/r. Bditur :— Having been absent from „
home h short time, I have not had the
pleasme, until lately, of pointing to a very
able argument which appeared in the
Courier sometime since upon the subject
at the head t»f this article. Among the
“ signs of the times," none seem more to
engross the attention cf the Banking com
munity, in this city, than the policy
“ sometime since adopted'* by the City
Banks, for receiving the notes of the
country Banks and sending them home
for redemption, and thereby causing the
country Banks «o pursue a system, which,
though not profitable to the Stockholders,
yet, it ensures safety to the community in
receiving their bills, and so far, the Bos
ton System is an admirable one, and wor
thy of all commeudaticn. ’Tis true that,
as yet, the lai ger proportion of the staple
of the Staie finds its way to this city and
thereby affords greater facilities for Bank'
ingaristocracy— but I much doubt wheth-*
er the City Banks will be enabled to sus
tain themselves, with much credit, in the’
accomplishment of the plans they have
undertaken to effect. For, let it be re
membered, there is nut such gteat dispa
rity in Capital, between the pat ties to this
system, and under all the circumstances of"
the cast, I consider the scale of probabil
ity to incline in favor of the Country
Bank s carry ing the day-because they are
necessarily,in the pi esent stale of affairs,
compelled to do business on their capital,
whereas the City Banks if they supply the
demand of the Merchants must go ahead
of theirs very considerably—for 1 pre„
sume that there is not over one Bank in
the City that has not already more, or as
much, of their capital locked up in ac
commodation paper, which they cannot*
under any result control.—Hence, th®,
great advantage in favor of the Country
Banks. The City Banks complain when
a Country Bank calls upon her for Spe- -
cie, and endeavor to get up an excitement '
in the community against the very Banks
that she is in the habit of running. This,
to say the least of it is—prYifuf. It ha«